The recent Sun-Times editorial, “Gov. Pritzker’s pro-environment vetoes help Illinois, but climate crisis demands more,” points out that the administration and Legislature must put more emphasis on solutions to climate change and should act imminently to take advantage of federal incentives. We couldn’t agree more.
There are tools readily available to make an impact on climate while creating thousands of jobs for Illinois. The upcoming veto session provides an opportunity to implement an essential solution: carbon capture and storage, or “CCS.” This technology filters CO2 emissions from the source and safely stores them deep underground, far away from air and water. Fortunately, Illinois has some of the best geology in the U.S. to store carbon.
